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CLEVELAND. barge Mary Stockton will be sold at ublic auction on Wednesday, May 16th, ut ock a. m. at the south dour of the city Satisfy a mortgage. Geo, McKay, manager of the Mu- ‘Transportation Co., received a letter sday from Andrew Hackett of Bar light, stating he would in a few days ina report of the depth of water at that ‘essre. Teare & Wight have about ull the less they can attend to. They have rom fourteen to eighteen men bu-y all doing a large amount ot work on 3, making repairs to machinery, b iild ‘boiler houses, ete. - ain O. O. Rolph and Mr. 0. H. Cook, e lighthouse service, have bough from ohn Marrow the schooner W. T. Chap- | * ot Bay City, on private term-; she will Captain Rolph’s command and nfined to the lower lake trade, Cleveland Drydock C>., the H. Bs yhad her frames fastened forward her forward butts coming down and cked here for repairs. The tug John of oe is now in duck for re- 5 to er wheel, and 40 feet long weighing 41 » Globe Co. have decided upon a for transporting them to their ee will be launched into the : vhich ee eile mer me! during the winter made her trial this week; she gave good satisfac- tion; turned up 80 revolutions per minute “with 125 pounds of steam making about 12 ‘knots, Oaptain Lamphere feels proud of her; her engines are fore and aft compound 30 and 56 with 48 stroke, two Scotch type boil- ers 12 feet long. Captain Cha. C. Goodwin, keeper of the life saving station at this port, has put in an electric alarm system, running from the “lookout” to. the Captain’s room and the erew’s quarters, By this means he ean call his crew together without alarming every one along the river. This, and many other improvements which the captain has caused to be made since he has had charge of the Station, has b2ep done entirely at his own expense, for the government does not furn- ish anything of the sort. The following are the appointments for the Republic Iron Co.: Steamer Republic, I, D. Lyon, master; Harry Swain, chief engineer: Steamer Colonial, Chas. master; Mr. Stein, chief engineer: Steamer Specular, John Luamphere, master; Mr, Neal, chief engineer: Steamer Continental, C. M. Davis, master; Mr. Hunt, chief engi- neer: Schooner Magnetic, E. T. Rutcray, master; Chas. Anderson, mate: Grace Holland, C. Peter Johnson, mute, The life saving station at this port will soon be a paying institution for Uncle Sam: Since the opening of navigation the crew have kept a record of arrivals of vessels, where they hail from, and nature of cargo; and on Wednesday last they were requested to puta man aboard of all Canadian boats to look after customs We have not heard that the extra work brings any extra remu- neration, but no doubt it does; for the de- partment to which they belong have the repu- tation of paying high salaries to keepers and crews any way. Mesers. Bussett Presley & Train, the ris- ing young iron merchants of this city, are doing an extensive business this season. They have furnished the steel arches, spike and iron for the two large vessels builr at Radclifte’s yard; for the H. J. Johngon,built by the Cleveland Dry Dock Co.; four boats built at Quayles’ and also for the boats built at West Bay City, Grand Haven and St. Clair, Mich. They are young wen of more than ordinary business ability and we are glad to see their business growing so exten- Sively under their judicious management. Captain Thomas Wilson has made the fo'- lowing appointments for the transit line boats: Steamer Yakima, James Lowe, master; P. B, Kelley, chief engineer: Tower, Schooner Z. Moatague, master; 2.00 Per ANNUM SineLx Corims 5 om Steam+r Sitka, J. B. Morton mister; Foie Smith, chief enginee:: Steamer Missoula, Geo. W. Shepard, master; Charles Rice, chief engineer: Stermer Spokane, W. Jones, masters; John Costel'o, chief ergi- neer: Steamer Wallula, Wm. C:lisle master; 8. B. Hunter, chief engineer: Charlemagne Tower, S. M. Murphy, master; Ge». Mason, chiet engineer: Senmer Kasota, A. E. White, master; M. Maher, chict engineer. List of vessels that have received their tonnage sine last report aceor ling to the bureau of navigation: Steamer Charles Stewart Purnell, Oswego, gross 1561.21, Wet 1128 07; steamer Enterprise, Erie, Pa., gross 80 92, net, 71.32; steamer Gladstone, Cleve- Jand, gross 2112.29, net 1811.91; steamer BH. Williams, Grand Haven, yross 249.92, net 17296; steamer Hudson, Detroit, gross 2294 76, net 1853.37; steamer John Cowan, Grand Haven, gross 23.36, net 12.58; steamer May Durr, Milwaukee, gross 588.11, vet 440 03; steamer Thomas Davison, Mil- waukee, gross 2226 49, net 1714.58. A compromise was effected bet seen Colo- nel James Pickands, president of the Nyp- ano ore dock company, and a committee of some other minor repairs, The Orego the striking ore handlers on Saturday night, just came out of dock at Chicago and Monday a. m, The car loaders on the docks returned to work. The re-ult is vir- tually x vic ory for the strikers. The com- pany wanted the cur loaders to work for ten centsa ton insteadof by the day. The men demanded that the day work system should 9 of four Aries sulphite boilers 18} not be changed to the contract plan, and asked for $2 aday. Theset'leinent provides that the men sha!l receive $1.75 a day for loading care, the same wages that tLey were piid under the tormer contractor during the winter months, for the Mutual Transportation Co., left Buffalo for Milwaukee with 2418 net tons of hard coal cargo and 182 tons of fuel on 14 fee 9 inches draft aft and 18 feet 9 inches forward. The Cambria, sister steamer for the same company, built by the Globe Iron Works Co., left for the same port with 2128, net tons of hard coal and 200 tons of fuel on 14 feet 10 inches draft aft and 18 feet 9 inches forward, Buffalo papers comparing the Owego with the Corsica stated there was a difference between them in favor of the Owego, but when the difference in carrying capacity and the $100,000 difference in price is taken into consideration, we think the Cor- sica or Cambria either are superior to the Owego in a financial point of view. The new Inland Lloyds’ vessel register for 1888 is out, and is more complete than ever. The officials representing the Lloyds are Oscar T, Flint, of Buffalo, president; Thomas J. Crosby, of Chicago, vice presi- cent; Henry S. Sill, of Buffalo, secretary and treasurer; Wm. W. Bates, of Buffalo, manager. Executive committee: Townsend Davis, of Bnffalo, chairman; Henry S. Sill, of Buffalo; Oscar T. Flint, of Buffalo; Geo. W. Franklin, of Chicago; and J. J. Clark, of Detroit. We are pleased to note that since Mr. Wm, W, Bates has assumed the management of the Inland Lloyds, the sys- tem of Classification has given the best of satisfaction, ‘Ihe system will be found in detail in the first pages of this revised edi- tion, and it will be seen, »pon examination, that it is based upon the principles of jus- tice to all, At a meeting of the Cleveland Vessel Owners’ Association Jast week it was re- ported from Fairport that there is but thir- teen feet of water over the inner bar at that port. The association requested the Fair- port ore men to take some action t@eward deepening the chaune), and it was learned after the meeting that a dredge had been or- dered to do the work immediately. At Ash- tabula harbor the wreck of the schooner J. F. Joy, which lies on a line with the east pier, is a hindrance to navigation. The mayor of that place has been requested to keepa light on the Joy until the govern- ment removes the old hull. The question of sailors’ wages was brought up at the meeting, but no reduction was made. The present scale of wages was adopted by the association during the winter when the pros- pec's for the present season of navigation were brighter than they are now. On this ground moet of the veesel owners are in fa- vor of reducing wages. However, as the majority of the boats have their crews aboard, and some of them ure in commis- sion, it was agreed that a reduction in Trnckina we Gheteyee and St. [gnac¢ waves oO ud not be wade just now. It v was understood that the prices for unloading ore carriers will be 18 cents a ton, or 2 cents lower than it wax a yearago, A reduction in prices in trimmi:g ore is also expected, Meteorological summary for the week ending May 8, 1888: Mean actual batomieter..\....ss:cdumrapen = 30-08 Mean temperature,.,... 545 Mean humidity eek aia Fr 4 Total” precipitation. 2.) 1.0.0: stdawcce 81 Prevailing*direction of "ewintd oyyepee ys S. Total wind movement....... .. 1563 Av, cloudifiess 25s. 052066068 ee ° Av. state of weather..... 2... .00 ait, Max, temperature, highest.........-.. 758 Min temperature, lowest........-.. 30.5 W.H. Hammon, Sergt. Signal Corps,U. Ss ee CHICAGY. Special to the Marine Record. The stearship John F, Eddy was on the bottom opposite the feorof Franklin street on Minday afternoon; two tugs puiled on her about two hours and relvas: di, The Northern Michigan line’s new pas- senger und freight s‘eumer, City of Charle- voix, a'rived here Sunday from Milwaukee’ She was Jaunched at the Milwaukee ship yarl recently, who built her from what was left 0) the steamer Champlain, which they cut in two amidships and length- ened out. She is 180 feet in legnth over all, 29 feet 6 inches beam, 12 feet depth of hold. She has 86 state rooms and hr accom- modations for passengers and crew are ex- cellent. She is a very substantial, well built steamer, und everything about her has been studied to make her sufe and comfortable. Captain Ira Bishop, will be in command; Jobn McCaffrey, engincer; John Mnrray, clerk; Edward Bassett, steward. She left Tyeeday plete at 8 pe mon ber first rip to with a large quantity of freight and a number of passengers, The passenger and freight iron steamer Wisconsin, Captain Wm. J. McGregor, ar- rived from Milwaukee early Sunday morn- ing and has taken on a load of outs for Sarnia, She will run between the latter port and Du- luth, having been chartered by Botsford of Port Huron for the seuson. Captain Jam¢s Callaway, came along from Milwaukee Tuesday to look after marine matters. He rejorts a heavy fall of snow at Milwaukee Monday, some tour inches deep. He will command the ship Green Bay again, At the Chicago Drydock Co.’s, the sehoon- er DeLos De Wolf, is in dock receiving new bilge planks, new top side planks, new arches and a general overhauling and calking; the yacht-Countess, is getting a new jibboom; the barges Empire State, Carney and Kate Darley and steamer John A. Dix, are hav- ing their decks calked; the propeller J. L. Hurd, has had the irun taken off her bow, some calking done and the iron replaced; the schooner David Vance and steambarge Fayette, have received some general repairs; the tug Ruby a new rudder; the schooner William Jones a new Cathead, Fred A, Ballin, draughtsman, at the De- troit Diydock Co., passed through Chicago Jast week on his return to Detroit and we are p'eased to say that his health is much improved by his winter stay in California. Lumber freights are, from Green Bay ports $1,624, Manistique $1.621¢ on the rail, Manistee $1.50, Muskegon $1.26, Ludington and Pentwater $1,374 The Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Co., have removed to the corner of Rash and North water streets, The case of Captain W. J. Fagan, vs. Valentine Fries, for slander, came on for trial last Thursday afternoon, April 26, in Judge Jamieson’s court. The judge, withouthearing evidence, held that statements made on oath by 1 witness were privileged, and advised the jury to finda verdict of not guilty. Notice was given for anew trial, W. H. Condon was attorney for the plaintiff and Schuyler and Kramer attorneys for the de- fendant. Mr. Coffinberry has been advised by Frank Wheeler of Bay ( ity that the engi: es fur. nished by the Clevelind Ship Building Co for the Wheeler boat, Tom Ad:ms, are more than satisfactory. The Adams towed a schooner light to Escanaba 10} miles per hour with 125 pounds of steam without h ating a box or any other hi: dera: ce which is so liable to occur with new machinery. The Philip Minch al-o went to Esc i aba light, 10 miles per hour, towing the schooner G. H. Warm- ington, | 31, 1887. The sch oner Libbie Nau, loaded, coming down the north branch stern firs", in tow of atug last week, got too close under the how | of the schooner Lumberman, unloading cedar posts at Watson’s dock, near north Halstead street bridge, and carried away the Jatter’s top sail yard. The Iron King was chartered Tuesday to load oats for Buffalo, at 114 cents; the Iron Queen, to load corn for Buftalo at 2 cents; and the Nebraska to }oad wheat and corn at through rates. Captain John Bourkland, arrived from Buffalo, to take charge of the schooner David Vance. Captain Frank L. Bayless, arrived Jast week from Detroit, to take charge of the steamship T, W. Palmer, The schooner Charlotte Raab, Captain J. W. Melchert, made an exvellent first trip to Ma jistique and back. She left Chicago on the total damage amounted to between $4,000 ’ and $5,000. This amount Crosby & Rardon, at the order of Wilson et al., the owners of the boat, who reside in Cleveland, will de- mand pf the city, and if it is not paid suit will be instituted for theamount. ‘We shall make the formal demand on the city for the money,” said Mr. Kremer of Schuyler & Kremer, who have charge of the case, “as soon as the bills are all in. I think we can legally hold the city for the damage, if pay- ment is refused by the council, although I understand the eity officials will try to shoulder the liability for the loss on the con- tractors for the bridge now being built at Wells street.” Assistant Attorney Knight, when asked his opinion on the city's liability, said: ‘The river is exactly on the same legal plane asa street, It is a highway, and the same statutes which cover su+h dangerous obstructions en streets also cover the river. the morning of the 26th Apri’, arriving at Manistique in the afternoon of the 26 b, was detained there loading lumber until the afternoon of the 29th and arrived in Chicago Tuesday morning May 1st. A heavy gale and severe snow storm was encountered. Captain Richard Davis, has arrived back at Chicago with his steamer Barney after a twenty months trip to New Orleans, Mobile, Biloxi, Mississippi City, Galveston and many other ports for the benefit of nis health. He had lost some flesh but his health nas im- proved. He has had the Barney placed in one of Miller Brother’s drydock’s where she will receive new frames, deck and plank- shear, new shaft and stern bearings and re- calking. She will then go into the excursion business at the lake front. Witt1aMs. dydse Be todgett. peoee ed a a de areiiries which was Nene off Thunder Bay Island May 31, by the Lehigh, of the Avchor line. The court found tor plaintiff and said the fault. lay entirely with the Le- high in running at too high a rate of speed, Appeal will be taken. All quiet between coal handlers and ship- pers, The tug Parker came near foundering four miles out Friday night. She lost her rudder blade and it was only by hurculean efforts that a temporary one was rigged. She was six hours getting in. The greatest grain fleet that ever left Chi- cago at the opening of navigation, began starting on the 30th of April. It is composed of 97 vessels, and the cargoes aggregate 4, 442,000 bushels. The Dunham lines newly adced tuz, W. R. Crowell, was put in commission last Sut- urday with Captain Bowen in command, e The north side coal-heavers’ assembly met Sunday afternoon, and, by vote, agreed on last season’s schedule of prices for un- loading coal carriers. The rates of last year, which were again adopted Sunday, call for 12 cents per ton, net, for hard, and 14 cents for soft coal. How far can a man hear a foghorn at sea? How far can a bright-eyed sailor see a red light when fogs are floating in a haze over the choppy waters about Thunder Island Bay? These questions cut an important figure in acase which Judge Biodgett de- cided Monday, when he held that the pro- pellor Lehigh was at fault in colliding with the schooner Lucinda Van Valkenburg and causing her destruction, with the loss ot a valuable cargo, a little afrer midnight, May Th matter was referred to a mas- ter to ascertain the value of the vessel and her cargo. In his decision Judge Blodgett said that Captain Hogg of the propeller had disregarded the great pecil which attends high speed in navigating a vessel on a foggy night. The testimony showed that both on in the| i thi In this case, however, the oldest river man never suspected there was any obstruction at Wells street which the removal of the piles f : protecting the abutments would uncever and ; render uavigation dangerous, The city could not be said, therefore, to have received notice of any kind that the romp was | dangerously obstructed. Neither did the struction i in the way ms loss. © “The obstruction has not t since the Wallula oe ty ani ment, and is about By tak si Bright sunshine greeted the fine fleet of steamships which arrived at this port from the lower lakes, for the first time this sea- - son, on Saturday May 5:h. The first to ar- rive was the Tioga of the Union line, be- tween 7 and § a. m., followed about two hours later by the J. C. Gilchrist. Just betore noon the Onoko arrived and during the afternoon, the Arabia, Boston, Wm. Chis- holm, Monteagle, Northerner, Devereux and the City of Rome, arrived Sunday mosning and others are arriving daily. All Chicago people who have any interest in marine mat- ters, or who know enough to appreciate the vast amount of benefit Chicago receives from the splendid fleet of ships arriving in port, will give them and their officers and*®crews a very hearty welcome. The new passenger and freight steamer Petoskey, owned by Seymour Brother’s, of Manistee, commanded by Captain Fred Sey- mour, arrived here for the first time on Thursday, May 8rd. Sheis a very handsome, well built boat, and her cabins and state rooms are furnished elegantly. She is 186 feet over all, 30 feet 4 inches beam, 12 feet 2 inches depth of hold. Her engine, a fore and aft compoind, high pressure cylinder 22 inches, low pressure 40 inches, boiler 10 by 16 allowed 120 pounds per square inch. She will make twotripsa week between Chicago and Harbor Springs, touching at Ludington, Manistee, Frankfort, Northport, Old Mission Traverse City, Elk Rapids, Charlevoix and Petoskey, leaving this port Mondays’ and Thursdays. The H. Coannon Oo., supplied her outfit. The new steambarge May Durr, recently built by the Milwaukee ship building com- pany, arrived here Monday from Milwau- kee, to take on her first cargo. She is a very handsome, well built boat, length of keel 163 feet, beam 31 feet 6 inches, molded depth 14 feet and she has a carrying capa- city of 82,000 bushels. She loaded corn for bouts had their fog signals blowing all night. The Anchor Line, to which the Le- high belongs, practically acknowledged the boat was at fault, but thought the claim of $8,000 for the loss of the schooner was too high, and so contested tue suit alter a vain attempt at a compromise with her owner, Thomas Hood, A nice pointin maritime law never before raised in Chicago, and seldom elsewhere has arisen over the obstruction in the south draw of Wells street bridge. April 10, the propeller Wallula, while being towed down the river, struck a snveg in the river at that point and broke two planks. She was unlonded and taken to dry dock. About 9,000 bushels of her corn cargo were wet, and Georgian Bay and will tow the schooners Halstead and Grey Oak down. Edward E, Ayer of this port has contracted with Captain John Fitzgerald for the Durr to carry cedar posts from Lake Huron to Daluth fora number of trips. She is commanded by Vap- tain Lund formerly of the steambarge Rust the L. M, and L, 8. T. Co.’s pissenger and freight steamer City of Duluth, Captain Lyman Hunt, engineer, Henry Chalk, left this port for Duluth Monday evening. She is the first of the company’s steamers to leave this season. The J. L. Hurd, leaves. to-day (Tuesday) and the Peerless will follow during the week, {Continued on 5th Page |